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HHS is in need of members for its new pain management task force, Pain Medicine News reports.

Optum's pharmacy care services company, OptumRX, is combatting opioid misuse and abuse through its Opioid Risk Management Program. Optum released the initial results on the program that featured more than 400 clients.

CDC data found patients spend less time, on average, in an ASC operating room compared to a hospital's OR.

The ASC industry is growing and changing as the healthcare system moves toward value-based care. Here are 100 things to know about ASCs, ASC chains and key trends for the future.

Since two physicians opened the first modern day surgery center in 1970 in Arizona as a high quality, lower cost alternative to inpatient hospital surgery care, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) have transformed the surgical landscape.

In a blog post, The Joint Commission's High Reliability Initiatives Director Coleen Smith shared her thoughts on the sixth tenet of safety culture: determining an organizational baseline measure on safety culture performance using a validated tool.

Here are the 10 U.S. states and regions with the lowest ASC hospital transfer/admission rates for 2015, ranked from lowest to highest, according to rankings listed on CMS' Hospital Compare website.

Joining SurgCenter Development in 2003 as a consultant, Christine Merryman currently is a principal at the company. Throughout her career at SurgCenter, Ms. Merryman has held roles such as the director of business operations and vice president of operations and…

ASC location can play a role in net revenue per case, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

Valeant's CEO Joseph Papa was interviewed on CNBC about his a tenure with the company and what to expect from Valeant in the future.